Stronger Than Fiction
By Diana Moon Glampers
Disclaimer- I own nothing. I disown all original characters. Steal them, I don't give enough of a damn to care.
Chapter 1
Nothing
"Tina, I love you." "Oh, I love you too, Princess Leia." Tina said. She kissed her princess, pressing her lips against her hand. "Oh, I never want this to end, Tina. I never want to leave you." Leia whispered. "I know." Tina said, between kisses. "I never want to leave you either." Leia backed away from Tina and started to cry. "What's wrong?" Tina asked. "It's just…" "It's what?" "It's just that… I'm not real." "That's not true!" Tina said, grabbing Leia by the arm. "Don't say that! You're stronger than that, Leia!" Tina said, embracing the princess. "No, I'm not. I can't deny what I really am." "Don't say that, Leia! Don't!" Tina shouted. "I am nothing." Leia said. Her body started to disappear in Tina's arms. "No! Don't go! Don't go!" Tina cried. She started to feel pain in her chest. Tina felt like she could not breathe, gasping for air.
Tina woke up. It was the middle of the hot summer night. She had that dream again, the dream where she was hugging and kissing the love of her life, Princess Leia, only for her to disappear in front of her. Princess Leia's words echoed in her mind. "I am nothing." "No, you are something, something to me." Tina said to herself as she climbed out of bed. She knew that Princess Leia was a fictional character played by an actress, but she seemed real to Tina, like she was an actual person.
Tina was a woman in her mid 20s. She had short, dirty, light brown hair. She was pale and a little chunky. She was unemployed and living with her single father. Her dad would encourage her to get a job, and Tina would try to go to an interview every few months, but knew that she wasn't going to get hired. She had a few jobs before, mostly in food service, but she could never keep one for more than a month. Her dad kept helping and supporting her even through her tough times.
Tina also loved movies and video games. Her favorites were anything Star Wars related. Tina got into Star Wars at a young age and was hooked by the scenes of action, drama, creative alien worlds, and character's struggles to fight for what they believed was right. As she grew older, Tina started to become attracted to a character in Star Wars, Princess Leia Organa. Princess Leia was everything that Tina found attractive in a woman. She was smart, strong, outspoken, and had a determined attitude. If there was something stopping Princess Leia from achieving one of her goals, she would overcome it, no matter what. Tina often had dreams about Princess Leia and even wrote fan fiction about the love that she shared with her.
Tina also had two friends, Michelle and Brian. Tina had known Michelle since Middle School. She was loud, not very smart, and often made decisions on impulse, which caused her a lot of trouble in life. Even then, Michelle was still one of Tina's friends and was looking out for her. Despite being into women, Tina never found Michelle attractive. Her loud and impulsive behavior tended to turn Tina off. There was also the problem of Michelle being heterosexual. Brian was Tina's other friend. He was Michelle's boyfriend for a while, until they broke up and decided to just be friends. Brian was a quiet, intellectual type of man who seemed like the opposite of Michelle. Tina tried to get him into Star Wars, but he always said that it was too campy for him. Even then, Brian was still nice to Tina and often sympathized with her inability to hold a job.
Tina walked to the bathroom after awakening from her dream. She drank straight from the faucet, washed her face, and looked in the mirror. "You are pathetic." She laughed, thinking about how she nearly cried during her nightmare. Her face turned serious. "But I need her. I really do." She said. Tina felt like she was about to cry. "I love you, Leia. Don't you love me too? I mean, I know you're just a made up character, but…" She was having trouble finishing her thought. "…but you seems so real. You mean everything to me and you aren't even real." Tina walked back to her room went back to sleep.